PlatinumZealot wrote: ↑25 Sep 2023, 00:55
It's a bit inconclusive if RedBull were really affected.
One one hand they did not win by 30 seconds and Perez was nowhere. You know, it could be that these breaches were helping stabilize the car for a driver like Sergio, and that Max could drive around the instabilities.
On the other hand, the McLaren sort of blurried the picture somewhat... but yes.. still inconclusive.. but RedBull has not destroyed the field here yet again.
How many 30s wins have they had this season?
The answer is 3.. and one of those was only due to a Leclerc DNF from 20s back. 3 out of 16. But not doing it here, that's absolutely evidence for TD018 effects right?
Idk why you want to double down on the 30s thing when it's clearly a load of rubbish.
More interesting is that mercedes were the joint lowest in the speedtrap this weekend despite running fairly low rear wing. It was also the largest deficit to the lead team in qualifying that they've had all year.
They also had balance issues in high speed with too much front end - something that could happen if your components like front wing aren't shedding drag, downforce (by flexing) at high speed causing a shift in aero balance forwards. Balance issues were the first thing that was obvious for the AMR23 when people realized that they had been affected negatively by a directive aimed at flexible elements
Telemetry shows that the high speed instability was so bad that Merc drivers were using throttle mid corner in high speed in qualifying to try to stabilize the car..something that's only started happening recently. In the esses and spoon Hamilton never comes off throttle completely in qualifying, for instance.
This is supposed to be a technical forum rather than creating narratives you simply want to be true
